N.J's Second Medical Marijuana Dispensary Works To Open Up

Meantime, a second medical marijuana dispensary in the state is a step closer to opening its doors.

The Compassionate Care Foundation, based in Egg Harbor, has been issued a grow permit by the state health department.

However, there are still more benchmarks the foundation will need to meet before being licensed to dispense.

“We have to grow medicinal marijuana, it has to be inspected by the Department of Health, it has to meet the quality requirements of the department,” foundation chairman David Knowlton told WCBS 880’s Jim Smith.

With the OK to start growing, he said they’re now planning for an opening in early September.

“Well, I know there’s quite a bit of pent-up demand,” said Knowlton.

In the three and a half years since the law was signed, only one dispensary located in Montclair has made it through the permitting process to open.